Hire J.K. Rowling to write

[Lium]

There's plenty of skilled British and American writers, though. It's not like the writers for FFXIV don't lean on generic and cliche tropes that are lacking in depth. Just look at the utter lack of meaningful, lasting consequences for the protagonists in 5.3 - compared to how ARR and HW had many consequences to deal with and things did not always wrap up in a neat little bow.

Yeah, I never said there was no skilled British or American writers. Just that I don't want them touching this game because it will turn into just another generic fantasy MMO. Overall, the writing in this game is head and shoulders above other western MMOs in my opinion. And you mentioning 5.3 while leaving out the entirety of Shadowbringers is odd to me.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

*smacks emergency meeting button*
Vote t0rn. They vented.

[Stormfur]

If we're going to hire outside writers for FFXIV, may I suggest Stephen King.

FFXIV needs a good killer clown-alien /s

[Jennah]

Too late. We already had that quest chain with "elf kid who looks like Harry Potter" and "Inspector who is only interesting when Hildebrand is around."
/glasses

[Hysterior]

Sure... and Yoshida can also retcon story or character elements via Twitter... you know.. for lore

[ElazulHP]

Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade!

[TheMightyMollusk]

Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade!

Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

[ElazulHP]

Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

The death of the series was the most meaningful of all xD

EDIT: And I should probably point out that GoT ended badly because they ran out of material written by GRRM.

[SavishSalacious]

Harry Potter is a part of the fantasy genre, so it wouldn’t be that outlandish to have its author co-write some parts in Final Fantasy XIV. Doesn’t have to be anything big (this isn’t Harry Potter), but some English influence could be interesting for the game. Less catgirls, more schooling!

Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

[Theodric]

Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

I'd advise against that, as false reports are taken as harassment. By all means report anything that explicitly breaks the rules - but not things that can be taken as an innocent suggestion.